Romano-Egyptian Terracotta Oil Lamp with Eros

ROMAN PERIOD, 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.

3 3/8 in. (68 grams, 85 mm).

Domed body with a small filler hole surrounded by bands of herringbone decoration and zoomorphic motifs, a projecting winged bust of Eros flanking the nozzle, inked collector's number '179' on the base.

Provenance

Ex important German collection, 1960-1990.

Literature

Cf. Rosenthal, R., Sivan, R., Ancient Lamps in the Schloessinger Collection, Jerusalem, 1978, fig.594ss., for the category (plastic lamps).

CONDITION

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